A housing agenda for america: a federal-city partnership - Boston (Mass.). Office of the Mayor...outlines program to make housing a national program; graphs include budget authority of HUD as a percentage of the total federal budget 1978-1988, homeownership rate 25-34 year old households 1978-1986, total HUD-assisted housing units FY's 1981-1987, percentage distribution of rent burdens lowest income class 1974-1983 and percent of US homeownership by age of householder 1981-1985..Keywords:Housing; Home ownership; Housing subsidiesDownloads: 111

A guide to state housing resources - Massachusetts Housing Partnership...provides information about each program and how to apply; covers private rental housing (State Housing Assistance for Rental Production [SHARP], Rental Development Action Loan Program [R-DAL], Tax Exempt Local Loans to Encourage Rental Housing [TELLER] Housing Innovation Fund [HIF], and Housing Development Support Program [HDSP]), Homeownership Opportunity Program [HOP], and Public Housing (Chapter 705: Family Housing; Chapter 667: Elderly Housing; Chapter 689: Special Needs Housing and Publi...Keywords:Housing; Home ownership; Public housing; Rental housingDownloads: 79

Housing needs and priorities (Volume v.1-2) - Justin Gray Associates...the results of a study of housing needs and issues in the Model City areas of Boston; among things covered are who needs housing, how can it be paid for, housing development issues, homeownership, etc.; includes statistics, list of persons interviewed, questionnaire, etc.; a copy of this was in the BRA collection..Keywords:Housing; Boston Model City Areas; Home ownershipDownloads: 104

Measuring neighborhood confidence - Boston (Mass.). Office of Program Development...presents the results of a household survey conducted in the Dorchester, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain sections of Boston; the survey investigates residents' opinions about the future of their rneighborhoods and their perceptions of change in their neighborhoods; the survey also inquired into the process by which residents had chosen their homes and explored the factors influencing that decision, particularly the information soruces they had relied on in buying a home and choosing a neighborhood; ...Keywords:Quality of life; Home ownership; Quality of life; Public opinion; Quality of life; Quality of lifeDownloads: 184

People talk about their housing: project 747 - Boston Public Facilities Dept...a survey of residents and hownowners of 6 housing developments (Andrew Square, Champlain Circle, Forest Hills and Glen, Lawn Street, and Wenlock and Stock) in Boston neighborhoods; provides information on each development including date of construction, location, kind of ownership, number of units, construction material, etc.; opinions expressed cover parking, yards, fences, the buildings, etc.; purpose was to provide useful information for those involved in future projects; this item was in ...Keywords:Housing; Home ownership; Housing development; Neighborhood; Public opinion polls; Quality of lifeDownloads: 147